The promise of development was taken to heart in virtually all African countries at
independence. However, 50 years later, it remains unfulfilled for the majority of the people.
Many analysts have attributed the lack ...

The Government of Kenya has run pilot cash transfer programmes since 2004 and
formalised them as part of social protection policy in 2011. Subsequently, cash transfer
programmes have steadily been expanded. Three of ...

Since the restoration of multi-party democracy in Kenya in 1991, elections have witnessed intra-party violence during the primaries for selecting parliamentary and civic seats candidates. This article addresses the question ...

A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference Title The Encyclopedia of the Developing World is a
comprehensive work on the historical and current status of developing countries. Containing
more than 750 entries, the Encyclopedia ...

It is often assumed that Kenyans vote on the basis of ethnic identification rather than the socio-economic and political issues affecting their lives. However, experience from earlier elections shows that issues and interests ...

Citizen participation is embedded in the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and the County Governments Act of 2012. The responsibility of operationalizing and implementing these provisions lies with both levels of government. ...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of forging a complementary
role between the state and the voluntary sector as an alternative framework
for enhancing African development, given that none of these ...

This paper discusses the role of Kenya's political settlement in the adoption and
promotion of social protection, which has expanded significantly since 2003. Analysis
focuses on the interplay between the domestic ...

After the financial crisis in 2007-2008, some regions and countries, notably in Asia and Latin
America, witnessed encouraging and rapid signs of recovery in their real economy, in terms
of employment and poverty ...

This chapter aims to explain the meaning and nature of the social and solidarity economy
(SSE). The SSE is all around us and refers to familiar realities for everyone in the world: we
are all members of at least one ...

The history of cooperative development in Africa has left a mixed conception of these organizations. Whereas
some observers regard them to be neither voluntary nor members’ organizations, but extensions of the
government; ...

The Cooperative Facility for Africa (CoopAfrica) is a regional technical cooperation
programme of the ILO contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
and the promotion of decent work in Africa ...